Tour Our New Home in The Villages Florida
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2022
- A short tour of our Durham in the village of Hammock at Fenney. We've only been here for two months - and most of our new furniture won't be here for another 2 months.
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Living Room Area Rug
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PRODUCTS FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE:
Roomba
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Towel Holder Stand for Countertops
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24" Suction Mount Towel Bar
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Sink Organizer
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Living Room Area Rug
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Hanging Jewelry Armoire
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Bedroom Table Lamps
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Great floor plan and looks like you've made nice use of it. I love seeing the doggies with the Roomba!
Thank you! :)
Thanks for letting us tour your home. It’s just lovely. I hope you’ll show it again when all your furniture comes in. We will be there in exactly a month for our lifestyle visit and I’m so excited. Bye from New Braunfels, TX!
You're so welcome.
You are going to have so much fun. Just keep smiling and everyone will smile back. :)
Congratulations on your new home. We moved down to Florida at a 55+ community called Summerglen, (Ocala) in June 2020. We bought a 2 bedroom, 2 bath with a den. Just love being retired.
I have the exact same comforter set, Bed, Bath & Beyond. Nice new home...I've been considering The Villages. Thanks for the video...I like the walk in shower too !
Shower is STILL the bomb! :)
Looks beautiful and thank you for sharing it with us! Enjoy your new adventure and make oodles of great memories!!
Thank you!
Beautiful thanks for sharing your lovely house!
That is a beautiful house. Wish yall many years of happiness
Thank you for sharing your new home. I love it!
You are so welcome!
We moved here in 2005 and have never regretted it. There are so many things to do and a club for just about any hobby/interest. Welcome!
We agree. We couldn't be happier. 😀
Congrats on your lovely new home and becoming Floridians! One thing ... help keep and maintain Florida core principles of self-reliance, conservatism, and family-values. Welcome!
No worries.
Love your pantry. We lived in sun city in Georgetown texas and made a walk in pantry out of two closets. It was awesome! Enjoy your your home and community. You are going to have a blast!
Love the floor plan!
Thank you for sharing. Super nice. It looks like a perfect home for ease of carrying costs and maintenance, heading into retirement. The golf cart in the garage is giving me “fun transportation” vibes. Please give us another tour when your furniture arrives!
Thank you for inviting us into your lovely home! 😎
Our pleasure!
Congratulations on your new home.... It's perfect... Living in the villages we all bought into a lifestyle... When we drive around in our golf cart we are so happy..We look at the birds, and how clean they keep our neighborhood..Enjoy every moment, ..God has blessed you..
So true!
thanks for sharing enjoy your new home
Thank you! 🤗
Love your dogs' reaction to the roomba. I bet you enjoy sitting on the lanai. When I have visited The Villages, I sat on the lanai a lot...no lanai in suburban Chicago where I live.
It's west facing - so as summer arrives it won't be as pleasant out there in the afternoon.
Beautiful! Enjoy your new life!
Thanks Carl! :)
@To Retirement and Beyond. Thank you for showing your new home, congratulations!! I love the pantry!!❤️
You are so welcome!
Congrats, enjoy your beautiful home, thanks for sharing
Thank you! 🤗
Thank you for sharing your home. Very cute and I love the walk in shower!! Best wishes in your new home🌴
Thanks so much! 😊
Lovely home and great floor plan! Thanks for sharing. 😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Lovely home!!!
Thank you! 😊
I just love looking at how people decorate their new homes. I need ideas on how to furnish/decorate our Moonstone patio villa. We love Hammock at Fenney as well. Keep sharing!
We love the Moonstone :)
Lovely, so exciting!
Very!
Wow ! Beautiful ! Congratulations. What more could you want? Love the pantry, walk in closet, laundry room, sun room, private yard ... open floor plan, everything !
Thanks so much! 😊
Very lovely, I could see myself having morning coffee on the lania. Enjoy your new home.
We do :)
Thanks for sharing your new home. Good health and enjoy it. Anything in particular you don't like about the Villages so far or that you didn't anticipate.
We would say the same thing about our house, don't judge us, home looks perfect.
You're welcome. It's our pleasure.
We're taping an episode this weekend - our "2 month review" - the bad, the good, the surprises and the wish list. Stay tuned.
I love your new home. It seems to be about the size we would buy. And, what do you mean, don’t judge? It looks like you two are pretty well settled in. Congratulations!
absolutely beautiful, best of luck. that is a beautiful area.
It really is!
This was the most relaxing thing I’ve watched all day.
it's Exciting For You With New Furniture Expected, I'm Sure Your Also Out Exploring Around When Ever You Can, What A Wonderful Adventure Your Going To Have. We Really Like The Bungalows As We Have Dogs Ourselves.🐶🐶 Enjoy Your New Lifestyle
Adventures every weekend - we just toured the new Homestead Nature Trail yesterday - video to come - next weekend there is a Charity Golf Cart Poker Run - always something
Stay tuned :)
Howdy neighbor! We moved in jan 2021! Happy for you! Looks great! God bless
Love seeing what everyone does and how they place furniture. I closed in December and still buying furniture order by piece. Thanks for showing. PS. Pups are adorable.
Thanks :) Buying furniture is fun!
Beautiful home!
Thank you!
Congratulations..your new home is lovely in the villages..enjoy retirement and many blessings
Thank you so much!
I love the dark kitchen cabinets. Much better than white IMO. Wish mine were that color.
Beautiful
Thank you
Nice layout. I'm sure it will look great when all said and done.
I think so too!
Beautiful home, JEALOUS! Love the shots of your dogs, seem to enjoy your move as well. Best wishes!
The boys got acclimated faster than we did.
Welcome to the Sunshine State. Your new home is beautiful. I live in nearby Belleview. Enjoy the Villages.
Thank you! 😊
Congratulations, very nice 👏
Thank you! 😃
Really the house you picked. I have been watching from thee start of your first when you started looking for a place. I think you made a good decision. Like all your pocket doors we travel in a motorhome and we had pocket doors and he saves so much room so convenient. You’ve only been there for two months and your house looks beautiful. Keep up the good videos.❤
We were there for 2 months when we made this video. It's been over 6 months now.
We have "6 month review" videos and an "update of our home" video too.
Very nice !
Thank you very much!
Loved your video!! Funny, I have slippers just like those in your closet. And great idea about the suctioned towel rack. We've rented a villa just like that and commented about the lack of places to hang our wet towels.
Thank you! I gotta remember to close the closet doors before I start recording. ;)
I like your house - looks like what we need. We will be there for our lifestlye visit in 3 weeks. Can't wait to look at some houses, though we have to go sell our current home first.
Thank you.
Everyone's circumstances will be different, but we were able to sell our home the same weekend we flew to Florida to close on our new one.
Enjoy your Lifestyle visit. :)
Lovely new home. The Courtyard would also be my choice because of the enclosed backyard for my little dog. Thank you for the tour.
Our pleasure!
Love the big shower
I was wondering if I might have made a mistake getting an apartment in a retirement facility. Nope, no yard, no cooking, no, no, no, no. I love my apartment. All I have to do is go to the dining room and sit down and my meal I chose the previous day is brought to me. If I fall or need to go to an appointment there is someone to drive me. U S News rated this place highest and I have to agree.
Retirement is not "one size fits all".
We're glad you made the right choices for you. :)
Very nice.
Thank you :)
Beautiful home!!! Enjoy it!!! I am doing a self guided tour with my mother in law. We are both interested in the villages long term!
Best of luck!
I Love the three Nova Filters System for the water inn your place! The first thing that I have to have! I like the big pantry with room to store!!
This filter system is awesome - no more changing out the filter in the fridge - and ALL the water is filtered - except the irrigation water.
Love you new home also we love the place we’re you live,we also love living in a 55 yrs.community in California it is to late for us to moved we are in our 80 .just want to say very pretty home you have.
Awww. Thank you! :)
Congrats guys! One little decorator tip , gold handles on the black kitchen cabinets would look wonderful 🏡
Great layout but gold handles in kitchen with stainless steel appliances? Not really. Sure house will look great after all decorated.
@@rocketman4499I love gold handles, maybe champagne handles, decorators love mixing metals
Thank you for sharing. My husband and I are seriously considering moving there. We are in Tennessee but have a daughter at university Florida graduate school. I’m sure she will settle in Florida. We would like to split our time. As we also have a daughter in Tennessee. Until we convince her to live in Florida to lol. Would not take much. Our family thinks of Florida as our second home. We have a timeshare are use it often, but it’s just not enough. Please we want our dogs with us. We are husky parents. Your home is exactly what we need. Just a perfect size. And it’s beautiful! Your dogs are so cute ! I love the low maintenance but there is room for your dogs to run and play. I know your enjoying your lovely home. God bless you in your new home ! Take care ! Leslye
Thanks and God bless :)
Well I will judge because you two got out of Dodge and bought this model! And of course the color pallet and the space just travels across the pond!
Very nice layout. I love the pantry and lanai. Dark wood and tropical accents is actually a look called British Colonial. Its used alot in the Caribbean, including all the Sandals Resorts. At least it was when I sold their vacations.
We are going "Florida Coastal" which is light beige/gray with light blue or teal accents.
The black kitchen is not intrusive to that scheme - though we thought it would be.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond that'll be pretty. I'm looking forward to an update when you've completed your decorating.
Your home is very beautiful. Makes me wanna visit Florida 55+ ♥️ Love it all. Thank You
You should!
Thank you for the tour, love this model. Can you do a video on where you go shopping, how close is a grocery?
Great idea!
Hi Roy and Karen, enjoyed the home tour, congratulations, very beautiful. Did you both not like Leander anymore? We were supposed to have been down in Cedar Park, but the Pandemic put a hold on us with our work. We had bought a home on Ritter Dr, however, had to cancel it due to not getting a green light to go as of yet, and months later saw a home we liked in Avery Ranch. We spent a year in Austin looking around, long weekends going there, and we love it. Were still planning to make the change from Las Vegas. Anything we should know about Northwest Austin. We like Georgetown a lot as well. That new HEB is open now, close to your old home. We like what we see in the Villages, Florida, been doing some research on it now for awhile. My wife likes the Village of Hawkins and Chitty Chatty. Any thoughts, we love to hear your imput. You both take good care, congratulations again. Dan and Charlyn
Thank you!
The Austin area wasn't my favorite place to live. That being said, the hill country area is beautiful, has lots of opportunity, and we did make some wonderful friends.
The real estate market gave us the opportunity to move up our plans and move to The Villages, even though we'll still be working for several years.
Oh my gosh - your house is fabulous! Love the floor plan, and your bedroom set is perfect! We had the same problem in our bathroom, so we bought the exact same towel bar to put on our glass shower door - it hasn’t fallen yet!! Great spots for your days to enjoy too - so happy for you guys❣️
Thanks Donna! One of these days you'll have to come see it in person.
Looks awesome!! Can’t wait to see the furniture you picked out for the living room. The bedroom is beautiful, love the colors you chose and that pantry is fantastic!! You’re living the dream!! My only question is what is the plan for when you have company, will you have people stay with you or have them stay in the hotel? That’s the only thing about a two bedroom is thinking about guest space. Thanks for sharing your journey this is so fun to watch!!!
Thank you!
When we lived in Texas and Oregon we expected lot's of guests, but it just didn't happen. We only had 1 or 2 during each 5-10 year period. We are the ones that do the traveling/visiting.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond good answer!
Never buy a home for other people.
We have friends who moved from Louisiana to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and they told us that they thought people would visit them more in their new home. That’s an awfully long travel time to expect others to visit them more.
I agree 100%
Congratulations 🎊🎈🍾🎉 Beautiful home. Hope you are happy here, we love it. By the way, would you mind telling me where you got the suction towel bar, we all have the same issue? 😃
Thank you!
Here's a link to the towel bar:
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Thank you, will order 2, I think, one for each bathroom. If you’re ever in DeSoto, stop by and say 👋🏻. 5825 Botner Drive, flag pole out in front.😘
@@mb0314 Glad we were able to help :)
What a beautiful house and floor plan. Gorgeous color selections. We just bought a Wisteria in Mallory Square to use some and rent mostly. How did you find out about the Villages while living on the west coast?
We were in Texas. We searched the internet for 55+ communities.
Enjoy the tour. Can I ask what kind of flooring did you pick throughout the house? May you have many years of happiness in your new home.
We didn't pick anything. The house comes with what it comes with. Our home came with rolled vinyl flooring. We love the color of it and one day when we replace it with plank flooring it will probably be the same color.
Thanks guys for the tour of your nice home! We will be looking at courtyard villas when we come down in October. Two questions if I may…who are you going to use to put stone down to replace the pine needle type mulch, and is there a church that is golf cart accessible that you know of? Thanks!
We are in the midst of replacing that pine straw. If all goes well we'll have a video up next weekend - if not, we'll not have someone to recommend. We think we have found our new church home, Live Oaks Community Church, and they do have a GC accessible venue up in the northern area. But we plan to go to their southern campus. We want to join a small group and be around our neighbors. All that said, you can go to their northern campus and watch the service outside in your GC. We might do that just for fun.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond Great, thank you. It would be too far to go up north every week for sure. We would like to connect with people close by also. Looking forward to more from you guys!
I am also looking at the Durham model and hope to be living full time in the Villages by August. Now that you have been in your Durham home for a bit, do you feel there is plenty of room for two people?
Thank you for sharing!
For the two of us, we are finding this model to be PERFECT.
Lovely..thanks for sharing. One question ..Are all the homes so close together??
Thank you! Yes, "most" homes here a built pretty close together.
I love bedspread and throw where did you find? Pretty color.
Thanks :)
Found the bedspread:
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I love your place you really love?
We picked the perfect "forever home" for us.
Do they allow ham radio towers and chickens?
Love your new home!🥰 Would you provide an Amazon link for the Roomba? Thanks!
Thank you! Here you go:
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@@ToRetirementAndBeyond.....thanks so much!
Nice, thanks for sharing. However, am pretty sure the Roomba was purchased for the puppies !!
It is pretty awesome to see vacuum lines on the carpet and know you didn't make them. It's so quiet that it can come into my office and I can still talk on the phone.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond nice, we live in an old farmhouse, too many ups and downs, small steps, am sure the Roomba would be totally confused !
Can’t wait to retire
Us too! :)
Looks very nice. What are are you in? Do you find you have enough storage with a two bedroom and no basement? Does the model come with an usable attic?
No attic is not really usable. Storage space is minimal. You'll need to downsize before coming here.
Thank you for sharing. How much square footage do you have? How big is your backyard? What is the price range?
Our home is aprx 1300 sq ft - backyard aprx 50' x 20' - less than $300K
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond Thanks for letting us know.😎. It is a perfect size, IMHO.
Beautiful! Thanks for the tour! May I ask what your bedroom furniture brand and model is called? It was perfect! Good job making it home so quick!
Thank you :)
Follow this link - our bedroom set is on the landing page right now - We bought it from Babette's - our salesperson was Mary Kim Mathews, at the Brownwood location. Tell her Roy & Karen Cooper sent you.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond Thanks and cheers to new life chapters!🥂
Oops. I forgot the link: babettespackages.com/
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond 😏thanks again!
Great Video Roy & Karen!! Loved the tour! PS, you may want to pin your product comment so it stays at the top of the comments and can easily be seen first. We are headed back down soon. We got up north and it is still way to cold up here! 🤣 Your Neighbors...Angela & Mark
Hi there!!! Thank you. :)
Not as good as yours. Your lighting is wonderful. I just got us some softboxes - playing around. I did pin it - but must have lost it during an edit. Thanks for pointing it out.
Let's go to dinner when you guys get back.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond Sounds good! We should be there sometime Saturday or Sunday and will stay for 3 weeks. Let us know when you are free. Maybe we can meet up at a restaurant around Brownwood. 😊👍🏻
Beautiful home. Why did you choose to install the water filtration unit?
Karen likes filtered water - what a pain changing out water filters in the fridge every few months. Some other UA-cam channels mentioned Nova filters, and that they loved them, so we went for it. Now Karen can drink water right from the tap.
@@mickeyfergusonsdiinternati7570 It's all about the company - we suggest Nova Filter. The other companies seem to "sell" where Nova "consults".
Great job R and K! You’ve done a lot and it’s lovely. New to your channel. Have you done an update with Karen’s new furniture? Catching up!
Thanks so much :)
Here's a link to the update video:
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The heat pump looks close to the slider on the Durham. Is it noisy inside the house when it runs?
No, surprisingly quiet.
How many sq. Ft is your home? And isn't it noisy with the ac unit right by your door wall? Love the kids with your Roomba! Too funny! Thanks for the tour...Happy 🐣 Easter
Thank you! :)
Our home is 1300 sq ft - and we thought it would be noisy, but actually, with the patio door closed, it's not. And even when we're grilling or sitting in the lanai it's quiet enough to not be intrusive. Our old unit back in Texas was LOUD.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond thank you for your response...
Lovely home!do any of the models offer garden tubs.?whats the sq. Footage of ur home?
Thank you. :)
We have seen garden tubs in pre-owned homes. I'm sure that if you were building a custom home, as opposed to buying a new "spec home", you could do almost anything you want.
Our home is aprx 1300 sq ft.
Thanks for sharing! I saw in your bathroom you had a towel rack on the counter, can I ask where you may have gotten that? Thanks again. New sub.
24" Suction Mount Towel Bar
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@@ToRetirementAndBeyond Not that one, I was asking about the one on your vanity, it is free standing sitting in the middle of the two sinks. Thank you!
@@johntamulonis4626 OH - here you go:
Towel Holder Stand for Countertops
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@@ToRetirementAndBeyond Great! Thank you so much! Just what I was looking for.
Did I see a Lectric bike in your garage? If so, I’d love to hear what you think about it.
We think think they're pretty awesome. Glad we got the comfort package. Would have been tough on our rears without the extra shocks and cushioning.
What was the price for a water filtration system?
Nova Filter - $600 installed
What model is your home ? And location of the village thank you
We have a 2/2 Durham model located in the Village of Hammock at Fenney.
We are interested in the same type home. Since you bought new how much is the bond? And how is that paid? We want to be close golf cart drive to one of the squares. I notice on resale patio homes they don’t have cathedral ceilings I think your does. Can I ask you for your model did it come that way or did you pay extra for upgrades? We really didn’t want to spend more than 260k. Is that doable? Thank you
We bought a year ago and everything has gone up since then [inflation]. We paid $290 w/ $18K bond. Bonds today are much higher today since inflation increased the costs to build the infrastructure. You could buy our model [Durham] for the low $300's.
All new construction is down south.
New construction is cheaper than pre-owned.
All current Durham's have the vaulted ceiling.
We are 30 min's Brownwood by golf cart.
We will be closer to Sawgrass once the bridge opens.
We will be very close to Eastport when it opens.
For $260K you'll have to go for a Patio Villa. They are very nice, but do not have private backyards.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond thanks for the info. We were looking at patio villas I thought that is what you have. We want to be close the one of the squares like only 15 mins fin a golf cart.
@@bfn6ghh If you bought in Richmond [better hurry] you'd be 5 minutes from Brownwood. Newell is 5 minutes from Sawgrass. Newell and the 2 new villages going in on that side of the turnpike will be 15 minutes from Eastport.
@@ToRetirementAndBeyond do they have patio homes there? Do you pay the bond monthly? Yearly? Or do they put in with the price of the home? I don’t understand how the bond works.
@@bfn6ghh There are Patio Villas in every village. Bonds are paid yearly with your property tax bill. Bond amount is based on the cost to build the infrastructure of the village and divided amongst all the homes - that's the simplified version. You can pay it off at the beginning, in 30 years or any time in between.
Will just jump out and say that I HAVE COPD, surgery on my tripple (AAA) ,
You could fit at least three UK sized retirement apartments into that house. Americans sure do supersize in every way!
We're just a plane ride away - plenty of room here. :)
Do you a Furnace or a Heat Pump?
Yes, I believe it is a heat pump. It doesn't get cold enough to require more than that. This IS the most energy efficient home we've ever lived in.
What was price of this home,it’s almost exactly what I’m looking for
Current price is around $320K
Where's the beach?
We are in the center of Florida - the beaches are 2 hours west or east.
Where did you live previously??
Roy is from Brooklyn, though he spent most of his life in Los Angeles.
Karen is from California.
We just moved here from Texas.
I heard the Villages was a swingers paradise.
Anna, in a town of 130,000 there will be all kinds.
That being said, my eyes only see one person. You might know her, she's in my videos.
Looking good, can you hear the turnpike or highways from you area? We are coming down next week for a lifestyle visit. Trying so find new homes that you don't hear the highway.
Thank you!
We can't hear the Turnpike from where we are, but we do get trains in this area. But I like sound of trains.
In the areas they are building right now:
It seems that St. John's could get pretty noisy.
Some parts of Richmond and DeLuna too - but some areas in those villages might be far enough to not be an issue. You need to visit those locations and decide for yourself.
Recently we visited a home in Linden, right by the Turnpike, and due to the nature of the area and the placement of the home, it was not as loud as we would have thought. That being said, it would not have been acceptable to us.
How much, just wondering.
$289K So blessed. :)
It looks so….IKEA!
Thanks for watching
The backyard though… might as well look at dirt.
It’s for the boys, not us.